Learn the history and origins of Valentine's Day

In the days of ancient Rome, the fourteenth day of February was a pagan holiday which honored Juno. Juno was the queen of the Roman gods as well as the goddess of women and marriage. The next day, the fifteenth, was the first day of the Festival of Lupercalia. This festival honored Juno and Pan who were two Roman gods. Fertility rituals were held on this day. On the night before the festival started,it was customary for the names of the Roman girls to be written on slips of paper. These slips were then placed in a container and then each boy drew a name of the girl who he would be coupled with for the entire Lupercalia festival.
Rome was under the authority of Emperor Claudius the Second, and he was a vicious warrior, not to mention the fact that he was insane. His armies lacked the sufficient number of soldiers it needed, and Claudius could not figure out why more young men didn't want to go to battle. Finally, he determined that the young men didn't want to leave their wives, families and girlfriends. In order to remedy this, the Emperor instituted a new law and canceled all of the marriages and engagements in Rome.
In the mean time, there lived a priest in Rome by the name of Valentine. He did not believe in the Emperor's new law, and he refused to abide by it. He continued to perform wedding ceremonies in secret. He lived in constant fear that he would be caught by Emperor Claudius' soldiers, but he persisted in doing what he knew was right. Finally, the day did come when Bishop Valentine was caught uniting a man and a woman in the bonds of holy matrimony. The soldiers dragged him to stand before Emperor Claudius' throne. The Emperor condemned the Bishop to be put to death for his violation of the law.
While the priest was imprisoned, waiting for his execution, many young couples threw notes of thanks along with flowers and other gifts into the window of his cell. Among these young people who admired the priest for doing the right thing was the prison guard's own daughter. Her father allowed her to visit Bishop Valentine in his cell. During these visits, the two would talk and laugh and share each other's thoughts. Finally, the day arrived when Bishop Valentine was scheduled to die. It was the fourteenth of February in the year of 270 AD. While he was waiting for the soldiers to come and drag him away, Bishop Valentine composed a note to the girl telling her that he loved her. He signed it simply, "From Your Valentine."
Finally, in the year 496 AD, Pope Gelasius did away with the pagan festival of Lupercalia, citing that it was pagan and immoral. He then chose Bishop Valentine as the patron saint of lovers, who would be honored at the new festival on the fourteenth of every February.
Over the years, Valentine's Day has evolved into a holiday when gifts, cards, flowers and candy are given to the ones we love or would like to start a relationship with. And it is all because of a brave, righteous man named Valentine.

My Valentine is.....

No one has ask me out today. Not that I'm single or what. I maybe attached, but somehow I felt like I'm still single, but never mind, I'm having a date with HIM...Jesus at 7.45pm.

To the ever so busy person: Marry your work cause you have no time for your girlfriend, let alone say your wife. Marry your money cause they just seems so much more important to you. Pack up your bag and go back to States, cause you don't belong here. A New Yorker You call yourself, then pack up and go back where you are the 2nd or 3rd class resident there. It's kinda harsh..but it's true..Sorry...I apologize not because I'm truly sorry, just a way of saying. These may be my angry words, but then I do not regret. You just do not have what's on the list. The essential important 2 points! Yet I cannot find them in you! No matter how patient I am. Cause character do not change overnight. I understand..so I guess I've to let you go, if there's still no explanation from you. I will wanna get out when I have not yet fallen so deeply into the pit. Just move on with your life, and I hope someone else will be able to share with you whatsoever that you have once said or promised. That I don't deserve, no one too in the first place. But I will let go, cause I don't see the endings. For I only see the present, yet it seems so vague. Who will think about the end? When there's not even a present?

So that's how I spent my day, Valentine's day, today.... blogging....

Will You Believe a Liar again?

Why people tell lies? Why are like white lies and kind-hearted lies? Why are there bad lies to hurt people? Why are these people doing these? What do they gain? Lie about your wealth? Lie about your family? Lie about yourself? What for? To impress? But Why? There's so many Why's in each individual life and some are left unanswered because they are not meant to be known. So Why again? Chicken first or egg first?? No one knows. Have to ask HIM. Scientifically cannot be explained, nor will HE answer? It's not in the bible as well. Ok back to the lier. I know most individual will lie to get past things, but shouldn't they be thinking that what will the other party feel when he/she finds out. In the real life, all people lie, including me, cause I'm not a saint. But my lies don't harm people, just innocent lies to get things done that's all. That I can search my conscience.

But what makes someone lying to you about them? Why are they doing that? My friend ask me why am I chasing after the wind? So there's no answer to that? Following God's way will only be good not bad, but still You are given a choice of A and B to pick the way to the goodness. So the choice is still up to us. Having Faith in him is hard, somehow I felt like I'm struggling. It's seems to me so many things have happened to me last week, but thinking about it, besides me, what other things are happening around the world at the same time when all these things were happening to me?

But most people will think of their problem first rather then think about the world right? Who in the right mind will think otherwise? Is thinking too much no good? Bad for health? Then what are the brains for? If I can don't think anymore? Listening to GOD and waiting for his Que just don't help, cause HE wants us to learn and move on and experience the different types of senerios in life. That's how one grows. Either in a faster pace or slow.

Would You give the person a second chance if he explain? For me last time, I won't take explanation for whatsoever. But now I'm giving this party a second chance and yet his not responding. Another friend say a girl should sometime make the first move, well i guess I have, but now It's all up to him to just explain to me what it going on. I find that I am quite patient already compared to last time. Whereby I'm so stubborn, still am now, but what...so? Guess we are not meant to be. Another challenge from GOD? There is just no simple way out. For he is ever so busy, and I'm out of town most of the time. But doesn't TRUST comes into the picture? Why be so uptight when I ask only about a picture? And..the reaction is so.....and giving me names. What do YOU have to hide, that You can't share? It takes 2 party to communicate, not just me alone telling all about me and the other party just shooed away my question when I ask. This isn't fair YOU know, but..whatever...My attitude now is all whatever. Fine. Like Nobita says I'm a tasty cake, sure people will wanna Queue up and buy or even stop to look, or even not craving for cakes, will still take me home.